Schedules and Calendars
Carolina Courses Online is a semester-based program and follows the UNC-Chapel Hill calendar for the fall and spring semesters. During the summer, courses are offered in an extended session of approximately twelve weeks.
You are expected to begin work in the first week of class and work continually and regularly throughout the term. No classroom attendance is required, but you should be prepared to complete assignments and/or participate in discussion forums on a weekly basis.
Calendar for Spring 2008
| October 5 |
Early registration begins |
| January 8 |
Last day to cancel your registration |
| January 9 |
Courses begin; late registration begins
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| January 15 |
Last day to add a course (by 5 pm) |
| January 21 |
Holiday |
| January 23 |
Last day to drop one of your courses from your schedule and receive a refund (by 5 pm). You must have other courses on your schedule. Note: Dropping ALL courses requires a withdrawal from the semester and follows a different prorated refund policy. |
| March 4 |
Last day for full-time undergraduates to drop a course (UNC-Chapel Hill degree students); December 5 for non-UNC students |
| March 7 |
Spring break begins at 5 pm. |
| March 11 |
Last day to withdraw from the entire semester with a prorated refund |
| March 17 |
Spring break ends; classes resume at 8 am |
| March 21 |
Holiday |
| April 25 |
Last day of classes; last day to withdraw—no tuition credit |
| April 28–May 6 |
Exams |
Calendar for Summer 2008
| March 20 |
Early registration begins |
| May 12 |
Last day to cancel your registration |
| May 13 |
Courses begin; late registration begins |
| May 14 |
Last day to add a course (by 5 pm) |
| May 19 |
Last day to drop one of your courses from your schedule and receive a refund (by 5 pm). You must have other courses on your schedule. Note: Dropping ALL courses requires a withdrawal from the semester and follows a different prorated refund policy. |
| May 26 |
Holiday |
| June 17 |
Last day to withdraw from the entire semester with a prorated refund |
| July 4 |
Holiday |
| July 22 |
Last day of classes; last day to withdraw—no tuition credit |
| July 24-25 |
Exams |
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Calendar for Fall 2008
| April 11 |
Early registration begins |
| August 18 |
Last day to cancel your registration |
| August 19 |
Courses begin; late registration begins |
| August 25 |
Last day to add a course (by 5 pm) |
| September 1 |
Holiday |
| September 2 |
Last day to drop one of your courses from your schedule and receive a refund (by 5 pm). You must have other courses on your schedule. Note: Dropping ALL courses requires a withdrawal from the semester and follows a different prorated refund policy. |
| October 22 |
Last day to withdraw from the entire semester with a prorated refund |
| November 26-27 |
Holiday |
| December 3 |
Last day of classes. Last day to withdraw—no tuition credit. |
| December 5-12 |
Exams |
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